Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 405 › Conversation 405-004

Nixon with unidentified visitors in his EOB office on Executive Office…

Thursday, January 25, 1973 · 7:54 AM–8:38 AM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 8 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation405-004 on Tape 405StartThursday, January 25, 1973 at 7:54 AMEndThursday, January 25, 1973 at 8:38 AMRecording deviceOld Executive Office BuildingSourceNixon Library record for 405-004 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon held a brief, routine interaction with the White House operator while located in his Executive Office Building workspace. The primary purpose of this contact involved managing the President's immediate telephonic communications. No substantive policy discussions or major administrative decisions occurred during this brief exchange.

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NARA Description

On January 25, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 7:54 am and 8:38 am. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 405-004 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 405-4

Date: January 25, 1973
Time: Unknown between 7:54 am and 8:38 am
Location: Executive Office Building

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 36-110]

Also recorded on January 25, 1973

  • 036-110 7:54 AM · 11 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 7:54 am and 8:38 am.
  • 405-001 7:54 AM · 10 min — President Richard M. Nixon met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 7:54 am and 8:38 am.
  • 405-002 7:54 AM · 11 min — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 7:54 am and 8:38 am.
  • 405-003 7:54 AM · 34 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 7:54 am and 8:38 am.
  • 036-111 8:38 AM · 42 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull talked on the telephone from 8:38 am to 8:39 am.
  • 405-005 8:38 AM · 41 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 8:38 am to 8:39 am.
  • 405-006 8:39 AM · 17 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 8:39 am and 9:01 am.
  • 405-007 9:01 AM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 9:01 am to 9:03 am.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 405-004, January 25, 1973. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/405-004 (accessed October 9, 2026).